Day one as the asterisk

As I posted on Ricky's blog, I'm Sarah *. I'm doping on business meals this week.

We left for CT early, so there were bagels and coffee, followed by a stop at Subway for the ride home. I pre-cleared these meals with the team. I know this may make me dq'd in some of your minds. Sorry.

But I ate about $1.50 of my budget for dinner. A bag of beans made a TON of cooked beans. It took me two days to make it, not kidding. I was trying to make them as good as Christmas this past year, but I don't remember how. So I winged it. I just kept adding cups of water. And then once I forgot and they all stuck to the bottom. They were still not cooked through and I was tired, so I took them off the stove. So as to not heat up the fridge (the #1 fear of all Gordons), I put them on the butcher block for the night. Transferred into the fridge when I got up in the AM, then hit the stove 1 last time when I got back from work. They came out great! Over brown rice (25 cent value) with some of the chicken from the crockpot.

4 meals down, 11 to go.